Rupture appliance.



G. D. COOPER.

RUPTURE APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1913- by??? 2* Gem i6 J C'aa er uLUMBIAPLANOGRIU'N conwashma'roh n c Pfhted Oct. 19,1915.

GEORGE n, coorEn-Qorsr; HNs'MIoH GA -V RUP'IURE Afar-mace,

Be it known thatI, GEORGE D.

' citizen of'the United States of America, re-

siding at St. J ohns, in the county of Clinton and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in R up-- tureAppliances,-of which the following is a I specification, reference"being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The lnvention relates to rupture appliances, and resides in aconstruction whereby the pad will be maintained in contact with the bodyand under the desired'pressure in the various positions of the body; in

a pad which will conform to a certain extent to the parts engagedthereby, and which is be maintained under pressure.

The invention consists n the peculiar construction, arrangement andcomblnation of so shaped as to properly 'engagethe parts to parts, aswill be more fully hereinafter de-;

scribed and claimed.

In the drawings Figure l is a perspective view of a device embodying my.inven tion; :Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective viewillustrating thepad; Fig. 3- is asimilar view, showing the connection between the padand the belt; and Fig. 4: is a section through the pad.

A designates a belt ofany suitable construction and B a pad carried by abracket C that is pivotally mounted at D upon an arm E fixedly securedto a metallic plate F.

Theplate F maybe secured to the belt in any suitable manner, butpreferably is arranged upon the outer face thereof and 1s connectedthereto by means of clamping bolts G, the nuts H of which are covered'byleather or other suitable material so as to protect the body.

In use, the belt is applied to thebody with the pad properly positioned"in'relatio'n' to tion to the pad, which is permitted because of thepivotal connection therebet'ween. The belt,'however, acts with the padattached thereto to avoid releasing of the pressure upon theportion ofthe body engagedby thepad.

For inguinal hernia of certain types, it is desirableto close theinguinal canal and also Cobras,

I reinforcing butt'on. 3 I I 5 2. A rupture pad composed of two'sectlie'r'e'fore devised a novel construction of a sta na ionenga men 1Pa sed oat-1119 1515. i he iieatmnniee March 31, 1913. seam-Nb. 758,006? 1 toclose the erternaiabdominal ring. Iii-ave;

pad wwhereby this. result may be 'acc'omplished. As shown, the pad isformed in J e0 two sections, M? N ,the upper section 'M" beingconsiderably thicker than the lowerandproje'cting inwardly beyond theplane of the inner face of the portion N, the 'i bottom or lower side ofthe upper portion Y,

being flat. Each of the sections isfilled with a plastic substance, suchas agelatinous material the plasticity of which is adapted to beincreased a slightdegree by the heat l of the body, thereby permittingthe pads to conform more or less to the 'partsfunder pressure. 'Thesection N has the body-engaging'portion thereof U-shape d, providing adepression 0, and in order to prevent the shape of the section N frombeing destroyed; 17

a reinforcingbutton P is arranged in the depression.

Bythe construction of vpad before de scribed, when the pad isinjposition upon 'the'body the upper section closes the extercloses theinguinal canal. The depression O, however, avoids placingapressure uponnal abdominal ring and the lower section the spermatic cord.

The pivotal connection between the pad 1 and the belt will permitlateral vertical adjustm'e'nt of these members, and-in order to .allow,of positioning the pad in; proper lat-j "eral relationto the belt thebracket G is piv oted to the pad at R, and is held in thispo sition oflateral adjustment by means of a clamping screw S that engages anelongated slot T in the bracket.

What I claim as my inventionis 1. A ruptureepad composed of twosections, one of said sections :projecting in "wardly beyond theotherand-the last-mentioned section; provided with a'U-shapedbody-engaging portion providing a depres sion, said depressionbeing reinforced by f :1

tions, one of said-sectionsprojecting in-- wardly beyond the other, andthe other of said sectionshaving body-engaging portion having a ridge ofsubstantially uniform height throughout. e 1: V n 3. A rupture padcomposed oftwo sec 1 i substantially uniform height throughout, planesubstantially at right angles to the 10 and being provided with acentrally-located plane of said inner face.

depression. In testimony whereof I aflix my signa 4. A rupture padcomposed of two adjointure in presence of two witnesses.

Q; in sections one of said sections ro'ectin in wardly a considerabledistance b eyO nd 011% GEORGE COOPER other, said inwardly-projectingsection hav- WVitnesses: 7 ing a comparatively wide fiat inner face, andH. E. WALsWoRTH, the wall intermediate the sections lying in a MARGARETKINMOND.

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Washington, D. C.

